Exhibition

Fashion on the Ohio Frontier: 1790-1840
Broadbent Gallery: July 26, 2003, to January 18, 2004
Anne Bissonnette, Curator

 
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Prussian Blue Block-printed Cotton Gown
Unknown maker and place of origin, ca. 1805-1810.
Made of ca. 1775-1785 fabric, altered from a
1790s gown still discernible in the lining.
Possibly worn in Connecticut.
Collection of the Connecticut Historical Society,
Hartford, Connecticut, 1979.68.864.

 

 

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